Description Deaf Education in New South Wales has made tremendous progress Since the end of World War II, yet issues remain for students from their early years of Education through secondary high school.
About the Author Naomi Malone is a consulting historian for The Shepherd Centre in Sydney, Australia, and is a specialist advisor on access and inclusion issues in relation to people with disabilities..
She posits that Deaf people must be consulted about their educational experiences and that they must form a united social movement to better advocate for improved Deaf education, regardless of communication approach.
Malone\'s historical assessments are augmented by interviews with former students and contextualized with explanations of concurrent political and social events.
She considers the early prevalence of oralism in schools for Deaf students, the integration of Deaf students into mainstream classrooms, the recognition of Australian Sign Language as a language, and the growing awareness of the diversity of Deaf students.
Naomi Malone traces the roots of these issues and argues that they persist due to the historical fragmentation within Deaf Education regarding oralism (teaching via spoken language) and manualism (teaching via sign language).
Description Deaf Education in New South Wales has made tremendous progress Since the end of World War II, yet issues remain for students from their early years of Education through secondary high school
